Shrub-threatening disease discovered at Ohio farm

PERRY, Ohio (AP) -- State agriculture officials say a fungal disease that threatens a type of evergreen shrub has been found in Ohio for the first time.

Boxwood blight was found at a Lake County farm run by a nursery in northeast Ohio, making it the 10th state to report the plant disease.

The News-Herald of Willoughby (http://bit.ly/GSeb0a ) reports the discovery led to the burning of up to infected 10,000 boxwood plants and the leaf litter beneath them. The general manager of the Herman Losely & Son nursery says another 10,000 plants may also be burned as the nursery works to prevent the disease from spreading.

The newspaper says it's not clear how the disease was introduced at the farm.